2015 Château Pontet-Canet Pauillac Grand Cru Classé

LATE RELEASE - DELIVERY EXPECTED MARCH 2025

The disadvantage of the Grand Crus Bordeaux wines is that you have to wait a while until the high ends are really ready to drink and this is often 8-10 years. Given our direct relationship in Bordeaux, we also get the opportunity to buy a so-called Late Release. The top houses never sell everything during the en-primeur campaign and keep a small part in their cellars and they release this (sometimes) in small quantities after many years (hence late release) to a limited number of traders such as Grand Cru wines. These are often wines from the top years. These wines have been stored in the most ideal conditions and are already great to drink (for now and coming decades)

An example of a late release is this CHATEAU PONTET-CANET 2015, Grand Cru Classé PAUILLAC from the famous year 2015. We recently tasted this ourselves and it remains a fantastic wine, especially now that this wine has been allowed to mature for 10 years.
- 65% CABERNET SAUVIGNON, 30% MERLOT, 4% CABERNET FRANC, 1% PETIT VERDOT
- Ratings: 98 James Suckling, 97+ Vinous/Antonio Galloni, 97 Wine Advocate, 97+ The Wine Independent / Lisa Perotti-Brown, 95+ Jeb Dunnuck, 95 Jane Anson, 95 Decanter

The history of Pontet-Canet dates back to the early 18th century, when the estate was founded. In 1705, the vineyard was established by Jean-François de Pontet, a major figure in the Bordeaux wine industry. He expanded the vineyard and built a château, from which the estate takes its name. At the end of the 18th century, the property came into the hands of the Canet family and became known as 'Château Pontet-Canet'. The Canet family played a major role in the development of the estate's vineyards and winemaking practices. In 1855, when Emperor Napoleon III ordered the classification of Bordeaux wines for the Exposition Universelle de Paris, Pontet-Canet was classified as a fifth growth (Cinquième Cru) in the official Bordeaux wine classification of 1855. This classification recognized the historical reputation of the estate and the quality of its wines. In the 20th century, the Cruse family, wine merchants from Bordeaux, acquired Pontet-Canet.

FACT: Under the tab: Attachment you will find the official fact sheet and we will send it to you digitally when you order this wine. Also worth mentioning that we buy the (Bordeaux) wines directly and never through intermediaries, because then we do not know which journeys the wine has made and how it has been treated. The wines come from the cellars of the Chateau directly to our conditioned Warehouse in Dordrecht where all our wines are stored . If you come to pick up the wine, you will often receive a nice discount. You will see the discount if you choose to pick up on the Checkout page.